Guest guest Posted April 12, 2001 Report Share Posted April 12, 2001 My son Caelan was severely anemic. He had really bad reflux and would cry and scream. We finally added Propulsid to his zantac and he was better for about a month. Then around six months he just started in again w/ the constant crying and fussing and stopped progressing developmentally. He was not scooting , rolling or anything. I would ask the ped and take him in for his constant fussiness and they would say, oh it's his reflux....we can't do anything else. Since he was growing well they didn't see it as a problem. Well finally by nine months of age he was sooooo pale that at his checkup our reg. ped was very alarmed w/ his color. His hemaglobin was 6.9. Very low. He was sick constantly and very cranky and lethargic. We started him on iron and within two weeks he started talking!! Went from nothing to 10 words! Then gradually over the months his muscles got some strength back. He finally crawled at 11months and then didn't walk until 16 months. He was very low on the percentiles by this point (20% for weight). Well now that he is no longer anemic and was weaned from the breast (he has bad food allergies) he gained 5 lbs since December and has grown over 3 inches!!! He is a little chunky monkey now, but of course it's hard to get anyone to listen b/c of that!! Grace Caroline 8/14/97 Caelan 8/26/99 Re: Digest Number 884 > , > My understanding of anemia is that it is really has a significant bearing on > healing in the overall picture. It also effects the transfer of oxygen, > fatigue etc. I would suggest you atleast try the shakes with some > experiments. you can use soy milk or rice milk or whatever and fruit does > taste different when it is frozen and blended . I find that frozen bananas > have very little taste when it is in a milkshake. We just kept working with > Lucas to find one that he will drink because there is so much that you can > hide in the shake when needed including powdered vitamins. BARBIE > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2001 Report Share Posted April 12, 2001 My son Caelan was severely anemic. He had really bad reflux and would cry and scream. We finally added Propulsid to his zantac and he was better for about a month. Then around six months he just started in again w/ the constant crying and fussing and stopped progressing developmentally. He was not scooting , rolling or anything. I would ask the ped and take him in for his constant fussiness and they would say, oh it's his reflux....we can't do anything else. Since he was growing well they didn't see it as a problem. Well finally by nine months of age he was sooooo pale that at his checkup our reg. ped was very alarmed w/ his color. His hemaglobin was 6.9. Very low. He was sick constantly and very cranky and lethargic. We started him on iron and within two weeks he started talking!! Went from nothing to 10 words! Then gradually over the months his muscles got some strength back. He finally crawled at 11months and then didn't walk until 16 months. He was very low on the percentiles by this point (20% for weight). Well now that he is no longer anemic and was weaned from the breast (he has bad food allergies) he gained 5 lbs since December and has grown over 3 inches!!! He is a little chunky monkey now, but of course it's hard to get anyone to listen b/c of that!! Grace Caroline 8/14/97 Caelan 8/26/99 Re: Digest Number 884 > , > My understanding of anemia is that it is really has a significant bearing on > healing in the overall picture. It also effects the transfer of oxygen, > fatigue etc. I would suggest you atleast try the shakes with some > experiments. you can use soy milk or rice milk or whatever and fruit does > taste different when it is frozen and blended . I find that frozen bananas > have very little taste when it is in a milkshake. We just kept working with > Lucas to find one that he will drink because there is so much that you can > hide in the shake when needed including powdered vitamins. BARBIE > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2001 Report Share Posted April 12, 2001 My son Caelan was severely anemic. He had really bad reflux and would cry and scream. We finally added Propulsid to his zantac and he was better for about a month. Then around six months he just started in again w/ the constant crying and fussing and stopped progressing developmentally. He was not scooting , rolling or anything. I would ask the ped and take him in for his constant fussiness and they would say, oh it's his reflux....we can't do anything else. Since he was growing well they didn't see it as a problem. Well finally by nine months of age he was sooooo pale that at his checkup our reg. ped was very alarmed w/ his color. His hemaglobin was 6.9. Very low. He was sick constantly and very cranky and lethargic. We started him on iron and within two weeks he started talking!! Went from nothing to 10 words! Then gradually over the months his muscles got some strength back. He finally crawled at 11months and then didn't walk until 16 months. He was very low on the percentiles by this point (20% for weight). Well now that he is no longer anemic and was weaned from the breast (he has bad food allergies) he gained 5 lbs since December and has grown over 3 inches!!! He is a little chunky monkey now, but of course it's hard to get anyone to listen b/c of that!! Grace Caroline 8/14/97 Caelan 8/26/99 Re: Digest Number 884 > , > My understanding of anemia is that it is really has a significant bearing on > healing in the overall picture. It also effects the transfer of oxygen, > fatigue etc. I would suggest you atleast try the shakes with some > experiments. you can use soy milk or rice milk or whatever and fruit does > taste different when it is frozen and blended . I find that frozen bananas > have very little taste when it is in a milkshake. We just kept working with > Lucas to find one that he will drink because there is so much that you can > hide in the shake when needed including powdered vitamins. BARBIE > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 At 09:03 AM 6/19/2004 -0400, you wrote: >I think this is retrospective and not prospective. You may be correct. This line made me think that, after a retrospective evaluation, a subset of severely anemic patients was prospectively followed: " In total, 216 severely anemic HIV-infected individuals (mean Hb level, 8.1 g/dL) followed for a median of 13 months had a 37-percent mortality rate. " I am cc'ing the author for her input! I'm only sorry I do not have access to the complete paper at this time. >You would have to assume that patients who got erythropoeitin were >sicker than those who did not, so there may be an element of selection >for patients who were already more delicate. The same would hold for >transfusion, as it is kind of a last resort. Ah--I don't think this is an accurate assumption. All had CD4 counts less than 100 and all were " severely anemic. " I reiterate a portion of the abstract below. It may have as much to do with the aggressivity of the physician if this was retrospective or part of the trial design if prospective (in which case one might presume randomization and an otherwise generally " homogenous " population). I hope Dr. Buskin can help clarify these points! (Thanks in advance.) M. ** " Of these, 22 percent were untreated (13% mortality rate), 42 percent received transfusion alone (52% mortality), 12 percent received epoetin alfa alone (19% mortality), and 24 percent received both (47% mortality). Transfusion was associated with a threefold excess mortality risk, but epoetin alfa prescription was not associated with mortality. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of anemia decreased in the HAART era, and transfusion was positively associated with risk of death, suggesting limiting use of transfusions in nonemergency situations. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Can someone tell me if being " slightly " anemic affects blood pressure in any way... can it cause a rise in bp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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